Release/Latest Lorebook

Welcome to the Volume II: Book 7 update to the Lorebook. We are pleased to provide you with several new features including auto-complete in the search field and a new interactive map!

New Features

• The standard search field on the navigation bar now has an auto-complete feature. Type in three or more letters, and a list of possible matches in the official content will appear. Selecting a match will forward you to the appropriate article or advanced search result page.
• You can now find things a bit easier with our interactive map. Select a region, an entity type, and optionally filter based on a bit of text. Press the button and watch the map light up with locations.

Bug Fixes

• Faction requirements now show up on items, weapons, etc.
• Recipe items that grant a resource recipe now show and link to that recipe. e.g., Item:Blueberry_Field_Recipe now links to Recipe:Blueberry_Field
• 'On use' tooltips are flagged as such. e.g., Item:Amber_Ring displays '+36 Vitality' and 'On Use: +30 Vitality'.
• Item advanced search now uses the new Moria bonus/effect terminology, e.g., Tactical Critical Rating.
• Monsters now display their spawn points/roaming areas on the map correctly.
• Minor Leaderboard sorting issues have been corrected.
• Vault-keeper NPCs now display their correct location(s) on the map.
• Lorebook now displays proper MediaWiki redirect messages.
• Imagine our embarrassment when we learned someone burgled our own Burglar's Tools (and other legendary items) from the Lorebook. It took some time, but we finally tracked the culprit down and burgled them back.

Feature Enhancements

• Quests now show item advancement XP rewards.
• Character names on the Leaderboards now link to their my.lotro.com page.
• User created Google Maps that reference Moria coordinates need to be updated to this format <gpoint glat="-11.1" glng="-112.7" region="2" >. The region="2" will tell the system that the coordinate belongs in the Rhovanion region.
• Many advanced search improvements have been made:
  • You can now find items that are the result of a recipe using the new Recipe Result check box.
  • You can now find quests that reward item advancement XP using the new Rewards Item Advancement XP? check box.
  • You can now find service NPCs that barter items for reputation or faction items using the new Barter check box.
• Deed articles now display much more information:
  • If it is a class or race deed, it will link to the class or race article.
  • It now displays the objectives necessary to complete the deeds. This not only includes the information seen in-game but also any additional requirements that might be necessary. e.g., Deed:A_Shot_in_the_Dark displays the additional requirements of picking up a book and talking to Legolas.
  • Landmark requirements will display the appropriate points on a Google Map.
  • Monster spawn points/roaming areas for slayer deeds will display the appropriate areas on a Google Map.
• Enhancement 13: The famous recursive enhancement:
  • Refer to Enhancement 13 for more information
• Faction articles now display much more information:
  • Quests that reward reputation with the faction are listed sorted by the minimum level needed to take the quest and by how much reputation is rewarded.
  • Items bartered for reputation are displayed; it shows how many of the item you need and how much reputation is rewarded or what item is given on turn-in.
  • Items that require a specific standing with the faction in order to be used are listed.
• Barter NPC articles now display the list of items they accept and how much reputation is rewarded or what item is given on turn-in.
• Perk articles now display the duration of the perk, the minimum character level needed to purchase the perk, and the effects the perk bestows. They are also placed into a wiki category based on their type -- e.g., Run Speed, Armour, etc.
• Quest articles now display the icons seen in the in-game quest tracker for Repeatable, Raid, Small Fellowship, Epic, Fellowship where applicable.
• Skill articles now display a chart of the cost to use the skill by level. If the skill is awarded at a certain level, the chart will display the values from that level to the current maximum character level. Otherwise, it displays the values from level 1 to the maximum.
• Trait articles now display much more information:
  • If the trait is part of a set, it links to that trait set article.
  • If the trait is a virtue, it displays a table of the effects/mods the virtue provides along with the values at each rank.
  • It now displays the Given by details, links to the quests and deeds that increase the virtue.
• Trait Set articles now use the same format seen in-game for the list of set bonuses.